# NTSB CHI83LA157: Mooney M20-K, N96446, Indianapolis, IN, March 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1983, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12125/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA157

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED ENOUGH TO MAKE THE PROPELLER HIT THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE PILOT HAD MADE AN ILS APPROACH AND WHEN THE ACFT BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS IT CROSSED THE RWY THRESHOLD AT ABOUT 70 KTS. AT 10 FT AGL THE PILOT CUT THE POWER, FLARED, AND THE ACFT LANDED HARD. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP DIRECTION RELATIVELY STRAIGHT THROUGH SEVERAL BOUNCES AFTER THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT SAID THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF HE HAD MAINTAINED SOME POWER ON THE ACFT UNTIL TOUCHDOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N96446 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20-K
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 509
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-GB 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tri-State Drilling
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1983
- Departed: FCM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: IND, Indianapolis, runway 31, 7,600 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,630 total, 407 in this make and model, 1,533 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 900 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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